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The time-honored inspection method of determining distance to an anchorage is fast and simple. For years, seamen have been accustomed to describe arcs on a chart around the anchorage point. A fix, falling near a range arc, shows quickly the distance yet to go.
Determining the course to steer is less simple, and worse, it is quite slow.
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